Champaign, Illinois- November 27, 2011 Illinois’ basketball is continuing to have an extremely strong basketball season. The Fighting Illini dominated the Chicago State Cougars in an uneven 90-43 victory at home in Champaign. The Illini jumped to a 13-3 lead on the Cougars and led 44-19 at halftime. Illinois’ largest lead of the game was [...]

The Illinois Fighting Illini have added their 13th commit of the 2012 class. They picked up a verbal commitment from running back Dami Ayoola. Even though we have no immediate need at that position. A player of Dami’s skill will always be welcome at Illinois. Player Profile Dami Ayoola- 3 Star Prospect Ft. Lauderdale, FL- Saint [...]

Cancun, Mexico- Illinois won the Cancun Challenge Riviera Division by defeating Illinois State, 63-59. Last wednesday ended the Cancun Challenge and Illinois came out the victor. Illinois is now 8-0 against their in-state rival Illinois State. The game was extremely close. Illinois led at half with a score of 34-27. The largest lead Illinois had [...]

Cancun, Mexico- Illinois sophomore center, Meyers Leonard, posted a double-double to help the Illini in their victory over the Richmond Spiders last Tuesday. Leonard posted 22 points and 12 rebounds in their victory. Illinois defeated Richmond 70-61 in the Cancun Challenge. The largest lead Illinois had was by 18 points. Richmond never obtained the lead. [...]

Minneapolis, Minnesota- Well, it’s officially over. We can pretty much call this years season the “Crash and Burn” campaign. After starting a very promising 6-0 season, Illinois has flipped it and lost 6 straight. This time a 27-7 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. A team that entered this contest posting a record of just [...]

Champaign, Illinois- What started off as a promising game, turned into yet another ugly defeat for the Illinois Fighting Illini. Promises, promises. A promising 6-0 season is now officially destroyed. With just one game left in the season, Illinois is still bowl eligible, but lost their final game at home to the #17 Wisconsin Badgers. [...]

Champaign, Illinois- Illinois stays undefeated, moving to 3-0 after defeating the Lipscomb Bisons this past Thursday, 79-64. Game 2 of the Cancun Challenge is done with the Illinois receiving it’s second win. Illinois was ahead at halftime 33-26 and secured the lead after a 14-0 run in the second half. Meyers Leonard sat for the [...]

Champaign, Illinois- Illinois moved to 2-0 after beating SIU- Edwardsville 66 to 46 this past Monday. SIU- Edwardsville is now 0-11 all-time against Big Ten opponents. This was the first game in the Cancun Challenge. Illinois continued to show it’s growth compared to last season by totaling 48 rebounds. Junior forward Tyler Griffey and sophomore [...]

Illinois has received their highest ranked 2012 football recruit this past week. His name is Keith Brown and he comes to the Illini out of Miami Norland High School (Miami, FL). He is a 4 star recruit in the Inside Linebacker position. Keith Brown is also ranked #4 in the nation at the linebacker position. He [...]

Illinois has been busy recruiting for their 2012 season. The past couple of weeks the Illini were able to sign 4 new recruits. Ron Zook and the staff usually don’t start signing recruits until late in the season. So this is a typical situation. We’re gonna welcome and profile our 3 new recruits. A lot of [...]